[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Ronald Christian, Office of the Bishop, Evangelical 
Lutheran Church in America, Washington, DC, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God, in this moment of quiet, as the work of the day begins, 
we first acknowledge our dependency upon Your grace and Your care.
  We seek guidance when we could so easily be led off the course of 
justice for all, we ask for wisdom when our decisions could so quickly 
be driven by selfish desires, we plead for mercy when our petty 
jealousies have caused a wedge to be driven between ourselves and 
others, and we pray for courage when, with feeble heart, we might 
easily give in to goals that are less than the best for others.
  Oh God, in these moments and with these words, let us all be reminded 
again of Your presence with us and our responsibility to You, and may 
our actions this day serve more Your majestic will and purpose than our 
fleeting wants and wishes. Amen.

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